Voices From The Shadows

[Soul Discovery]

VOICES FROM THE SHADOWS

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RECORDs OF THE LIST

Popular Five "Baby, I've Got It" (Mister Chand) £15

I've always found Gene Chandler grinning from the label of his own record company somewhat re-assuring. And I suppose if you had produced a Crossover gem this good, you'd be grinning too. A snappy Chicago moover with slick, full production and great vocals.

Luther Ingram "Do You Love Somebody" / "How I Miss My Baby" (Koko) £5 A Modern Soul midtempo cruiser of the highest quality with Luther in almost Johnny Bristol mode. Great production - strings and wah-wahs, the 70s most productive combo - and great 'aching' vocals. The mid ballad is pure genius and amongst his best for mine. The swaying tempo, the shift in mood and feel...great!

Eddie James "Sad Sad Feeling" (Startown) £15 Some 45s I buy in simply 'cos I think they are great! Here's another - wonderful meandering 'deep-with-a-beat'. Otis-ish kicked in / lived in vocals and a nice cookin' but unobtrusive backing. Downhome and damn good.

Garland Green "Hey Cloud" (Cotillion) £10 70s mid ballad heaven. Donny Hathaway / Syl Johnson***

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MODERN SOUL 12"

Lynn White "I Don't Know Why" (SOH) £15

Brilliant midtempo.

Gwen McCrae "I Can Only Think Of You" / "All This Love I'm Giving" / "90% Of Me Is You" (Expansion) £5

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Collectors' 45s.

CS392 Big Dee Irwin "You Satisfy My Needs" / "I Wanna Stay" (Rotate demo) £150 M-. flip is clean vg++.

CS393 Dynells "Let Me Prove That I Love You" (Blueberry demo) £200 vg++.

CS394 Willie Dishmon "Work On It" / "I'm Walking Out On You" (Jamila demo) £200 This is so perfect for 'now' I'm amazed it is still largely 'unknown'. IF a Tyrone Davis Columbia 7 is worth £100, what price this when hammered? This is the rare demo - the 2nd issue is an inst - with hand-wringing superb ballad flip. Written by Tommy Tate; slightly funky, very, very soulful.

CS395 Carl Henry Hall "Let Me Down Slowly" (Mercury WD) £200

1964 Northern midtempo - even has radio station it was intended for written by label.

CS396 Carl Hall "As Long As She Needs Me" (Mercury WD) £50 Northern Soul.

CS397 Out Of Sights "Tears Don't Care Who Cry" / "I've Got Ta Be Me" (Saru) £75

Great Lou Ragland prod early 70s funk - group ballad flip. 'DJ Copy" written on "Tears " side - probably by label.

CS398 International Five "I Need You" / "So In Love With You" (Starway) £30

At the punchy, gritty end of mid to uptempo Crossover; wonderful midtempo group flip.

CS399 Clydie King "My Mistakes Of Yesterday" / "One Of Those Good For Cryin' Days" (Imperial demo) £15 Plodding 60s midtempo builder that grows into the production; great anguished ballad flip - one of the best songs she recorded.

CS400 The Intertains "Gotta Find A Girl" / "I See The Light" (Uptown) £30 Still in a (immaculate) UPTOWN sleeve. Real nice (Impressions influenced) snappy 60s midtempo with a young Larry Hancock on lead; real nice atmospheric beat ballad flip.

CS401 Brighter Side "Naturally" (Phoenix) £10 Clarence Johnson prod wistful Chicago mid ballad / Stepper. (1987)

CS402 Randy Brown "Move Me" (Sharp Mouth) £15 Late 80s Modern Soul midtempo.

CS403 First Love "Dry Your Eyes" (HCRC) £10 Mid 80s group ballad.

CS404 J.J. Johnson "Don't You Go Away" (TCC) £30 Excellent 1987 Modern Soul.

CS405 Jean Shy "I'll Belong To You" / " Nothing Between Us Now" (Dakar) £25

Shimmering Chicago midpacers with great vocals, usual high end, dramatic production.

CS406 Jean Shy "Our Love Is Lost" / "Don't Touch Me" (Honey) £25 Lavish West Coast midpacer; funky mid dancer.

CS407 Charles Smith "Tell Him That You're Mine" / "You Need Education" (Trend) £75

Very soulful 60s beat ballad; Northern Soul flip.

CS408 Veda "You Can Love Again" / "Get Up To Get Down" (MW) £100 Fabulous '78 ballad; monster funk flip.

CS409 United Voice Players feat Frankie Montgomery "Let's Be Friends" (United Voice) £50 £150 rated 80s mid / Stepper.

CS410 Sweet Rain "Magic Man" / " Love I'm Glad I Found You" (RCA) £40 vg++. Rare issue copy of this largely ignored Blackpool Mecca 'last hour' spin. Produced by Harvey Fuqua and lavish in the extreme, 1974 dancer with billowing mid flip.

CS411 Ghetto Children "I Just Gotta Find Someone To Love Me" (Columbia WD) £25 s/b. Big production Philly ballad. 1973.

CS412 Vivian Verdree & Ed Boze "Mr. Soul Singer" (Avco demo) £20 s/b.Rare 70s soul ballad that veers into vocal meltdown.

CS413 Metros "Now That You've Gone" / " Where Were You" (Ra-Sel) £30 Philly Northern; atmospheric beat ballad flip.

CS414 Reflections "Peace, Love Or War" / "Get Your Mind Together" (Renfro) £25 vg++. Tasty Tempts style funky 70s.

CS415 Spyder Turner "Since I Don't Have You" (Kwanza) £15 Great 1973 ballad.

CS416 Tint Of Darkness "You Send Me" / "Steal Away" (Star Fire) £25

CS417 Radiants "Just Like You" (ABC) £20 vg++. 1978 mid ballad.

CS418 Pennsylvania Turnpike "People Are Falling In Love" (Perception) £25 Superb Patrick Adams grp ballad; killer lead!

CS419 Marshall & Babb "On a High" (Live Authentic) £15 Real nice, soulful but punchy 1986 Modern / Indie Soul.

CS420 Michael Burton "She's My Woman" (Turbo) £25 1972 'Throat Tearing' ballad.

CS421 Pat Cofield "Let Me in Your Life" / " Seem So Long" (Pride WD) £25 Dunno why her sides don't turn up much; these are top drawer 'thinkin' man's soul ballads. Strong songs, great production and a very, very good singer.

CS422 S.O.U.L "The Joneses" (Musicor) £5 Strong 1974 Funk.

CS423 Ray, Goodman & Brown "Shoestrings" (Polydor) £5 Classy, shimmering 1980 midpacer.

CS424 First Circle "Can't Find A Love" (EMI) £10 Old Yarmouth spin of mine; brilliant big voiced 80s midtempo.

CS425 O'Jays "Deeper In Love With You" / "I've Got The Groove" (Neptune) £10

CS426 Chuck Armstrong "She Had The Right" / "Give Me All Your Sweet Loving" (R & R) £5.00

Great 1976 West Coast Soul, midpace and very soulful. Great singer***

CS427 Clarence Carter "Till I Can't Take It No More" / "It's All in Your Mind" (Atlantic) £3.50

CS428 Clarence Carter "Too Weak To fight" / "Let Me Comfort You" (Atlantic) £3.50

CS429 Elijah & Ebonies "Sock It To 'Em Soul Brother" / "Hot Grits" (Capsoul) £8 70s Funk.

CS430 Tyrone Davis "Are You Serious" / "Overdue" (Highrise) £5.00 Fabulous 1982 midtempo. Classy 45.

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70s Modern Soul 45s

770 J. J. Barnes "Think I've Got A Good Chance" (Organic) £150

Thorne legend. Brilliant shimmering midtempo.

771 Carl Graves "Heart Be Still" (A & M) £10 Urgent/ compulsive 1975.

772 T.N.J's "Don't Forget About Me" / "Falling In Love" (Chess) £30

Fabulous full-on Philly dancer; great group ballad flip.

773 Trammps "Where Do We Go From Here" (Golden Fleece) £15

Bounding 1974 free flowing dancer, right up there with Anthony White etc.

774 Harold Melvin & Blue Notes & Sharon Paige "After You Love Me, Why Do You Leave Me" (ABC) £5 Compelling, churning 1976 midtempo.

775 Bill Coday "A Man Can't Be A Man" (Epic) £150 Giddy-up!

776 Storm "Sweet Happiness" (Sunflower demo) £25 Snappy, instant Crossover.

777 Barbara Morrison & Johnny Otis Show "Hey Boy! I Want Ya" (Jazz World) £30

West Coast winner with the labels the right way round; most are mis-pressed.

778 Linda Tillery & Loading Zone "No More Tears" (RCA demo) £30 Kinda Marva Whtney but more punchy / more 'lived in', Crossover midtempo but near the edge.

779 Peggy Scott "Keepin' My Eye On You" (Mercury) £15 vg++. Old Thorne spin of mine; majestic yet earthy 1977 midtempo.

780 Margaret Reynolds "Keep On Holding On" / "I'm Gonna Let You Go" (71st Street) £15 Throbbing 1979 Miami uptempo; great ballad flip. Very good singer.

781 Bettye Jean Plummer "Baby I Want You Back" (Salem) £20

782 Brown Sugar "Lay Some Lovin' On Me" / "Don't Tie Me Down" (Capitol) £15

783 Johnnie Taylor "Something To Remember Her By" (Cavda demo) £25

Shuffling midtempo obscurity.

784 Bobby Williams "You Need Love Like I Do" (R & R) £8

785 Chuck Stephens "Let's Get Nasty" / "Girl, I Want To Make Love To You" (East Coast) £25 Doesn't do what it says on the tin. Far different than the title suggests - stepping but punchy midtempo 1975 Roy C production. Great ballad flip.

786 Impressions "We Must Be In Love" (Curtom) £15 My big rave of theirs - knockout 'stays in your mind' midtempo. Curtis on lead, shimmering strings.

787 Tony Owns "All That Matters" (Buddah demo) £15 s/b.

Mean, moody and brilliant!

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Bargain 45s

BB99 Cool Sounds "Comin' Home" / "Rag Doll" (Pulsar demo) £4 vg.

Real nice West Coast early 70s group soul.

BB01 Inspirations "Touch Me, Hold Me, Kiss Me" / " What Am I Gonna Do" (Black Pearl) £15 vg++ small lbl tear "Touch" side. Rare 1st issue copy - rated at £40/ £50.

BB02 Jerry Knight "Overnight Sensation" (A & M) £1.50 vg+. 1980 Modern Soul.

BB03 Artistics "Girl I Need You" (Brunswick) £5 vg+. Their best free flowing dancer.

BB04 Tyrone Davis "I Can't Make It Without You" / "You Wouldn't Believe" (Dakar) £3.50 Near M-. Fabulous Crossover plus killer ballad flip.

BB05 Tyrone Davis "Come & Get This Ring" / "After All This Time" (Dakar) £3 vg++. 2 excellent Crossover sides.

BB06 Tyrone Davis "Happiness Is Being With You" (Dakar) £1.50 vg++. 1974 Soul ballad - his usual smouldering delivery - small label tear.

BB07 Cornelius Brothers "Don't Ever Be Lonely" (UA) £2 vg++. wol.

BB08 Cornelius Brothers "Too Late To Turn Back Now' (UA) £2 vg++. wol.

BB09 Van & Titus "Cry Baby Cry" (Elf) £1.50 vg+. Label fade. Deep Soul.

BB10 Jackie Wilson "Lonely Teadrops" (Brunswick) £1.50 vg+.

BB11 Luther "It's Good For The Soul" (Cotillion) £3.50 vg++.

BB12 Bobby Bland "Share Your Love With Me"(Duke)£1.50 vg. clean copy. plays ok

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DEEP & SOUTHERN SOUL 45s

DS380 C. Moss "I'm Proud" (Spectrum) £60.00 Stamped promo copy.

DS381 Earl King "A Part Of Me" / "Tic Tac Toe" (Wand demo) £40

Fabulous late 60s deep with midtempo flip. Immaculate condition in Wand sleeve.

DS382 C. L. Blast "Leftover Love" (Clintone) £15 s/b. Sam Dees song

DS382 Hot Sauce "What Do You See In Her" / " Mama's Baby (Daddy's Maybe)" (Volt demo) £25 Quite simply - superb.

DS382 Carol Jones "Don't Destroy Me" / "Problem Child" (Mutt) £25

70s Detroit Deep-with-a-beat; Northern soul flip.

DS383 George Jackson "You Can't Run Away From Love" (MGM) £25

DS384 Gene Faith "If You Don't Love Me" / "When My Ship Comes In" (Virtue) £15

The production gives away the Philly roots but this is far more downhome than Sigma. Knockout singer on 2 rasping winners.

DS385 Kenny Carter "It's Sad When Love is Gone" / "I Ain't Got Love" (Atlantic) £15 1972 Southern beaters. I used to play "Ain't' early hour time.

DS386 Tommy Bush "Just To Be There" (Speciality demo) £15 Produced by Dillard Crume, there's a 'last breath in my body' commitment going on here.

DS387 Beres Hammond "I'm In Love With You" (Joe Gibbs) £15 Highly respected reggae singer on a great lilting Southern / Miami style lazy midpacer.

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ESSENTIAL SOUL ON LP

WOMACK IN MEMPHIS

"Fly Me to the Moon" / "My Prescription" (Charly) £12.00

2 Lps in gatefold sleeve - double postage as per 2 Lps - "Tried & Convicted", "I'm In Love", "Can't Take It" etc, etc.

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Deep Soul Album

Various "Louisiana Wailers" (P-Vine) £25 (aka 'Deep Classics 8)

Eddie Giles "So Deep In Love" & "That's How Strong" ; George Perkins; Reuben Bell "Too Late" & "Action Speaks(*)"; Mighty Joe Young (x 2); Johnny & Lilly; Georgie Boy; Johnny Copeland (x2).

(*) Unknown to Northern mates of mine who conceeded, 'brilliant unknown'.

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Reggae / Deep Soul cd

JACKIE OPEL

"The Memorable Jackie Opel" (Wirl) £15 *Recommended*

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Office faves / Thinkin' Man's Soul 45s

General Caine "All About You" (Groove Inc) £5 Wistful mid ballad that slinks and shifts. Seem to sell this to group collectors, Steppers & solid soul collectors. Very classy.

Clarence Carter "If I Stay" (Venture) £2.50 You do tend to forget how good he was and this real nice slow burner from '81 in a more contemporary rather than 'Southern' setting emphasises the fact. Somehow intricate and yet compelling. Thoroughly recommended soul slowie from a legend.

L.V. Johnson "It's Not My Time" / (ICA) £3.50 Blinding 1979 soul ballad - absolutely essential - sends shivers down your spine....

Gladys Knight & Pips "You Put A New Life In My Body" / "Sorry Doesn't Always Make It Right" (Buddah) £2.50 1977 - Excellent midtempo plus great ballad***

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Japanese Soul LP

Barbara Brown (Soul From The Vault) £25

"Pity A Fool", "Can't Find No Happiness"; "You Belong To Me"; "I Don't Want To Have To Wait" - great femme soul.

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Left-field Tip

Inez Foxx "You Shouldn't Have Set My Soul On Fire" / "Live For Today" (Dynamo) £8.00 Two beaters in a Crossover vein - awaiting exposure.

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Crossover Soul 45s

PAT & BLENDERS "Hard Workin' Man" / "Don't Say You Love Me" (TSOP) £40

Rare issue with gorgeous Philly ballad flip.

CAL BRIGHT "My Love Is Good For You Baby" (Azetta) £20

Thorne early hour spin - wall crawling lazy midpace

LES WATSON "Soul Man Blues" (Pompeii) £40

Blues it ain't, fabulous Crossover midtempo it is.

Margo Thunder "Soul Of a Woman" (Haven) £5

Flying out - fetching 3/4 times our price.

That's all folks - this may turn out to be the penultimate list of the year. Hope you find something of interest.

[Lfcjunkie]

hi rod

i'll have bill coday if ok

thanks

dave

[Guest]

Luther Ingram "Do You Love Somebody" / "How I Miss My Baby" (Koko) £5 A Modern Soul midtempo cruiser of the highest quality with Luther in almost Johnny Bristol mode. Great production - strings and wah-wahs, the 70s most productive combo - and great 'aching' vocals. The mid ballad is pure genius and amongst his best for mine. The swaying tempo, the shift in mood and feel...great!

Forget Record of the list

Surely one of the bargains of the year!!

2 Awesome sides for a fiver. If you like Modern and don't know this just buy it blind

John